What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to Be More Widely Known By Stephan de Brechard ('20)
The concept of the atom is extremely important in our world today. It guides our thinking towards how everything is composed and people use it as a model of how our world works. Many have questions about our universe and the atom has brought peace as it gives a small insight into our world. We now know that atoms make up all matter. However, the concept itself was never truly accepted by the scientific community until the early twentieth century. This idea of something smaller creating our universe was first mentioned by Democritus, a Greek philosopher who attempted to gain the first insight into what drives our world.
Although there were many faults, he paved the way to the model of the atom that we know today. The elements are what guide chemists and physicists into discoveries and although our model is limited, without it we would be lost. Prior to diving deeper into the atom in 10th grade chemistry, I knew little about the atom, and I hadn’t gained a true appreciation for its importance. This made me further realize how there are so many who lack knowledge on something so fundamentally important to our world. Of course everyone knows about the atom itself, but I believe it is valuable to understand the atom more thoroughly and how it drives our universe. Most people only know the basic components of the atom such as the proton, neutron, and electron. But there is so much more and it is important to understand it.
Not only should people understand the model of the atom, but the underlying theories and how they came to be. It is extremely important to understand how our world works and the atom is the basis for everything. The atoms model itself at the moment is not completely developed and contains many flaws. Even though what we know is limited, given the difficulty of making new discoveries on the atom, our model is unbelievably advanced. Unfortunately, for all we know it could completely false. There is no way of completely proving that we have the correct model. I think that not only should people aim to gather a greater knowledge on the atom, but the scientific community and the world should make a greater effort to research the atom further and continue to try to understand it. It is important to have scientists such as J.J. Thompson, and Dalton to question the model as they did, and greater refine it, even if it does have some flaws. Nothing can be perfect and even though this means we will never get the true model of the atom, we should not stop trying to evaluate one of the most important, if not the most important concept. Hopefully we won’t stop trying, and future generations will be able to advance the model to new heights we never thought possible.
Works Cited:
Walker, J. (2004, November). ATOMS (A short history of the knowledge of the atom). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.nobeliefs.com/atom.htm.
Although there were many faults, he paved the way to the model of the atom that we know today. The elements are what guide chemists and physicists into discoveries and although our model is limited, without it we would be lost. Prior to diving deeper into the atom in 10th grade chemistry, I knew little about the atom, and I hadn’t gained a true appreciation for its importance. This made me further realize how there are so many who lack knowledge on something so fundamentally important to our world. Of course everyone knows about the atom itself, but I believe it is valuable to understand the atom more thoroughly and how it drives our universe. Most people only know the basic components of the atom such as the proton, neutron, and electron. But there is so much more and it is important to understand it.
Not only should people understand the model of the atom, but the underlying theories and how they came to be. It is extremely important to understand how our world works and the atom is the basis for everything. The atoms model itself at the moment is not completely developed and contains many flaws. Even though what we know is limited, given the difficulty of making new discoveries on the atom, our model is unbelievably advanced. Unfortunately, for all we know it could completely false. There is no way of completely proving that we have the correct model. I think that not only should people aim to gather a greater knowledge on the atom, but the scientific community and the world should make a greater effort to research the atom further and continue to try to understand it. It is important to have scientists such as J.J. Thompson, and Dalton to question the model as they did, and greater refine it, even if it does have some flaws. Nothing can be perfect and even though this means we will never get the true model of the atom, we should not stop trying to evaluate one of the most important, if not the most important concept. Hopefully we won’t stop trying, and future generations will be able to advance the model to new heights we never thought possible.
Works Cited:
Walker, J. (2004, November). ATOMS (A short history of the knowledge of the atom). Retrieved April 02, 2018, from https://www.nobeliefs.com/atom.htm.
